"How clever!" said Rose. "I wish he would let me touch him." And she
put out one finger very softly towards me.
15. Now though I am a brave fly now, I could not bear at that time to
see the hand of any person come near me. Though I would perch on the
top of it, I did not like to be touched by it.
16. So I flew up in a great hurry, and pitched on some dark stuff which
smelt like new hay, and which stood on the side table in a box. Rose
did not see where I went. "Oh, how fast he went off!" she said.
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_Write:_ Rose saved the life of a butterfly. She found it in a little
pool. She set it in the sun to dry its wings. It was a useful thing to
do.
Questions: 1. What had Rose found in the garden? 2. What did
she do for the little butterfly? 3. How did the fly eat
sugar without any teeth? 4. What did Rose wish to do? 5.
What did the fly think about being touched? 6. What did he
do when he saw the hand of Rose near him?